LAUREN PLATT

Themed Entertainment Engineer

-Concept Design-

Welcome to my Concept Design projects!

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Curtain Call - Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama Client Project

August 2023 - December 2023

A client project with the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama to design, install, run, and strike an interactive and immersive theater lobby installation

Client Work | Concept Design | Experience Design | Installation | Lighting Design | Rapid Prototyping

Five Nights at Freddy's -

August 2023 - December 2023

A 4D Dark Ride based on the "Five Nights at Freddy's" IP in a CAVE environment with a pneumatic actuated motion base floor and other immersive technologies

Concept Design | Experience Design | Lighting Design

StoryStudio - Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Client Project

January 2023 - May 2023

A client project with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in R&D for live interactive storytelling events for

50-100 people at once

Client Work | Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Rapid Prototyping | Robotics

Pausch Bridge Lighting

March 2023 - April 2023

A 15-minute light show inspired by the film Inside Out displayed on the Randy Pausch Memorial Bridge at Carnegie Mellon University

Concept Design |

Experience Design | Lighting Design

Astronomy Carnival Booth

February 2023 - April 2023

A "Cool Exoplanets!" themed carnival booth created with Carnegie Mellon University's astronomy club for the Carnegie Mellon University Spring Carnival

Concept Design | Construction |

Experience Design

Escape from Wonderland

November 2022 - April 2023

An Alice in Wonderland themed escape room created with Carnegie Mellon University's Theme Park Engineering Group for the Carnegie Mellon University Spring Carnival

Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Puzzle Creation | Rapid Prototyping

Visual Story Films

August 2022 - December 2022

Two short films: One about the highs and lows of a relationship mirrored through a bouquet of flowers, the other the story of a mourning wife reflecting on her time married to her husband, who has mysteriously disappeared

Concept Design | Storyboarding | Filmmaking

Ghostbuster 2022

September 2022 - October 2022

An AR experience where the guest uses a physical vacuum prop to suck up the ghosts of abandoned game ideas and save the school

Concept Design |

Experience Design | Producing | Rapid Prototyping

January 2019, June-August 2019, June-August 2022

A Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Thea Award-winning 48,000+ square foot challenge-based entertainment venue in Natick, Massachusetts with over 40 different games and challenges for adults

Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Mechanical Repair | Puzzle Creation | Rapid Prototyping

Lotso Neon Sign

July 2022 - August 2022

A personal project clear acrylic neon sign of the Toy Story character Lotso

Concept Design | Manufacturing |

Graduation Cap Topper

A laser cut clear acrylic graduation cap topper featuring some of my favorite photos and memories from throughout my time at MIT

Concept Design | Manufacturing |

I Ching Split-Flap Display

February 2022 - May 2022

My senior mechanical engineering thesis at MIT - CAD for a device that combined rotational split-flap kinematics with ancient I Ching divination

CAD | Concept Design | Experience Design

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Contact

508-404-3168 | leplatt@andrew.cmu.edu | Pittsburgh, PA | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenelizabethplatt/

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